By: Pup

Pup — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:50:52 +0000

The raising the rent part is not legal, I’m no attorney but I can say if there was a certain price in the lease agreement, she cannot go above this without both parties consent, or until you sign a new lease stating you are willing to pay extra. Also, your landlord is a absolute moron for renting a place that is not suitable for living. She should have ordered everythign she needed and ahd everything fixed BEFORE she ever rented this place out to anyone. My mother went into the housing authority (or HUD, which should really be called DUD), hoping that being a housing authority they would live up their title. We too went through a lot of headaches with them, and what I think goes on is that HUD gets money handed to them under the table by these neglectful landlords, honestly. We rented from this slumlord who had bad mold problems in his basement. He always knew when HUD was coming out for their house inspections, so he would cover it up with KILZ, some type of paint that covers mold up really good (but does not get rid of it), so he always got out of everything by covering it up, and we were frustrated because we were trying to tell HUD how neglectful this landlord was, but they were so stupid and so blind to it all!! It was unbelievable. They always take the landlords side over yours, so don’t even bother trying to figure out a way to get them to listen or help you. They are money hungry sharks and that is all they care about. As long as they can wean you of your hard-earned tax dollars, they won’t be trying too hard to make sure you are safe and okay. Also, any landlord who is recieving quick and easy cash from a housing authority will always be neglectful and careless. They have nothing to work for or any goal to work toward, so they could cre less about you the renter. I have heard nothing but awful things about housing authorities, and let me say after watching my mother struggle so much with them and them being so harmful and neglectful (even going so far as to carelessly rent out asbestos filled homes to families), I decided paying my own rent and finding my own rental has been the safest, best way to go. Obviousely you will always have problems with some landlords, but when you find a really good landlord, let me tell you, stick with them. Until then, you can report this idiot landlord on this website (it is well worth it), and also go to any courthouse and they should have tenant rights information and advice. Another route you can try is to document as much as possible (pictures help, along with copies of letters and documented phone calls to or from the landlord, and if you want to get really creative, nail your landlord with his/her own words by actually recording them with a secret device. I used my cellphone once, and caught one of the HUD workers in her own lies. If you have internet access, go to Google and type in a specific request and look arund as much as possible. I ended up having to do this and I got so involved in it. I am currently dealing with a psycho landlord who likes to pick on the young crowd. I should have known better than to rent from them when they said that at the age of 21 I still needed a parents signature to co-sign for me. Whoever heard of THAT in the State of Wisconsin? How old do you ahve to be to rent before they consider you an adult? 85? Good grief… I wish you the best! And I know it sounds bad, and I hate saying it, but kissing a neglectful landlrod and exposing her for what she is to everyone and anyone is a VERY good idea. Report her to every agency, state place or business burea possible. This way, her reputaion will be ruined and she cannot hurt anybody else again. She may even find herself having to take in horrible tenants, which will really be some karma for her. After all, if they are good tenants they will not want to rent from or deal with a person like this or of her low caliber.

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By: Pup